UP TO 400 jobs are to go at Sheffield City Council after it published its budget plans for the year ahead.
It is the sixth consecutive year in which the council, along with local authorities across the country, has had to respond to significant cuts to its budget.
Cllr Ben Curran, Sheffield City Council’s cabinet member for finance and resources, said: “The reality is by the end of 2016/17 we will have had to make £350m of savings from our budget with the predictions of further cuts to still come in future years.
“We will always balance the books but we cannot do this sadly without changes being felt.”
The council’s plans also include an increase in council tax by 1.99%.
It is discussing its plans at a budget consultation event at Sheffield Town Hall tonight from 6pm.
After that the proposed 2015/16 budget will go before Cabinet in February, before a final version is agreed at a full meeting of the Council in March.
